Roger Hedlund

The Tuscaloosa News, August 21 1974Hedlund breaks speed records
Wendover, Utah (AP)
- Roger Hedlund of Sunnyvale Calif., set four world and four national land speed records in an electric dragster on the Bonneville Salt Flats Wednesday.
Hedlund, piloting "Battery Box", set the world land speed record and the record for Class 2 electric cars, among others.
The biggest record Hedlund broke was the three-year-old world land speed record for the measured mile in an electric powered vehicle. He made the two-way run in an average time of 160.8 miles per hour.
Hedlund built the electric car in his garage to use as an exhibition dragster. It is powered by two forklift engines.
He said he doesn't know the potential of the vehicle.
Hedlund set one national and world record each for the elapsed time and speed for electric cars over-all for Class 2. The elapsed time of the two-way run was 22.4 seconds. The first run was at 167.3 miles an hour, the second 154.3.